A capacity field of 18 plus four emergencies has been declared for the Group One Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield with favourite Nature Strip drawing barrier five.
Group One-winning mares Shoals and Viddora are equal topweights with 57kg and have drawn barriers seven and 11 respectively for Saturday’s 1100m sprint.
Recent W J Adams Stakes winner Bons Away has drawn 20 with Group Two-winning sprinter Eduardo even wider in 21.
The Chris Waller-trained stablemate to Nature Strip, three-year-old Charge, has drawn the inside barrier.
The emergencies are Crown Witness (22), Bel Sonic (6), Usain Bowler (12) and Vainstream (18).
| 8-04.50 | LADBROKES OAKLEIGH PLATE | 1100 M |
| 1 | SHOALS | Anthony Freedman | Mark Zahra | 7 | 57 |
| 2 | VIDDORA | Lloyd Kennewell | Joe Bowditch | 11 | 57 |
| 3 | NATURE STRIP | Chris Waller | Damian Lane | 5 | 56.5 |
| 4 | FELL SWOOP | Matthew Dale | Hugh Bowman | 14 | 55.5 |
| 5 | BONS AWAY | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Linda Meech | 20 | 54 |
| 6 | SPRIGHT | Garry Frazer | Michael Walker | 13 | 53.5 |
| 7 | ASHLOR | Dan McCarthy | Stephen Baster | 3 | 52.5 |
| 8 | KEMONO (JPN) | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Damien Thornton | 19 | 52.5 |
| 9 | BOOKER | Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra | Dean Yendall | 16 | 52 |
| 10 | EDUARDO | Sarah Zschoke | Brian Park | 21 | 52 |
| 11 | ELLICAZOOM | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Jye McNeil | 2 | 52 |
| 12 | FROM WITHIN | Toby Edmonds | Beau Mertens | 8 | 52 |
| 13 | FUHRYK | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Cory Parish | 9 | 52 |
| 14 | I’LL HAVE A BIT | John McArdle | Chris Parnham | 17 | 52 |
| 15 | SENSEI | Michael & Matthew Pitman | Dean Holland | 15 | 52 |
| 16 | STEEL FROST | Will Clarken | Jamie Kah | 4 | 52 |
| 17 | ENCRYPTION | James Cummings | Craig Williams | 10 | 50 |
| 18 | CHARGE | Chris Waller | Michael Dee | 1 | 50 |
| 19e | CROWN WITNESS | Henry Dwyer | Damien Thornton | 22 | 52 |
| 20e | BEL SONIC | Jason Warren | 6 | 52 | |
| 21e | USAIN BOWLER | John Sadler | Dean Yendall | 12 | 52 |
| 22e | VAINSTREAM | John Pascoe | Fred W Kersley (a0) | 18 | 52 |
Credit: AAP